Fani Gargova is an architectural historian and currently postdoctoral Researcher for the interdisciplinary project “Synagogen-Gedenkbuch Hessen” at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Her research interests include synagogue architecture and Jewish spaces, architectural Orientalisms, Byzantinisms, medievalisms, as well as the historiography of art history.
The Central Synagogue of Sofia was built between 1905 and 1909 as a highly visible and monumental structure in the social, commercial, and religious center of the Bulgarian capital. Having survived the Second World War, it remains a testament to early 20th century Sofia and its majority...
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